Courageous Conversation Week #2

Reminder of our goals:

To create...

• Equality
• Understanding
• Friendship
• EMPATHY

To stop...

• Racism
• Judgement of ourselves and others
• Using labels - reputations, "them" etc... CHECK out this article!
• saying our names incorrectly!
• Hiding ourselves from others due to fear of judgement

To share...

• our feelings
• emotions
• reasons for our actions.

How will these meetings help up?

• Be friends with everyone.
• Show how it feels to be judged.
• Learn more about our culture, parents, etc that will explain why we are the way we are.
• Understand who we are, where we come from, what pain we feel and how that impacts how we act!
• Remember to NOT JUDGE a GIRL by her COVER (skin, clothes, hair, actions).
• Redefine what we stand for....Redefine "popularity"

Outcome:

• We learned more about each other.  When we learned about each other, we realized we are more alike than different!  We realize that we only see the tip of the ice berg and there is so much more to know.  What we don't know about each other is what helps us connect, be empathetic, and what helps us to be friends!!

Goal:

• When someone tells me something "ify" about another person, I will say, "I wonder what is going on in their life that makes them act this way?"
• Redefine popularity....
• Think about the iceberg!